The Shelburne Museum Complex
Historic Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Historic Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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(902) 875-3219
Shelburne.Museum@ns.sympatico.ca
About the Shelburne Historical Society
The Shelburne Historical Society (Society) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1976.
In its first thirty-five years, it has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments. Its members, such as Marion Robertson, Mary Archibald and others published works, particularly on the early Loyalist period, which are reference works today.
Along with the Province, it facilitated the creation of the Ross-Thomson House and the J. C. Williams Dory Shop Museums and created the Shelburne County Museum to which a new extension to provide more ground-floor display space and more user-friendly research facilities has been added in the past couple of years.
The Nairn and Coyle Houses were transferred by the Province to the Society in 2001. It was also instrumental in the founding of Tottie’s Crafts, a self-administered group of volunteers, the sale of whose work, along with other products, has enabled it to contribute some $200,000 to waterfront projects during the last twenty years.
Much of the tourist traffic that boosts Shelburne’s economy during the summer is attracted here by the results of these efforts.
In 1986, the Cox’s store was passed to the Society. In 1994, this building was modified for the The Scarlet Letter movie. In 1999, a new period of development began with the refurbishment of a third of Cox’s Store. In 2000, mandate was given to the Society by the Town of Shelburne to develop Cox’s Shipyard located at the south end of Dock Street. The first phase of this development was completed in 2001 (the Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre) and through our work, in collaboration with the Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club, the Osprey Arts Centre Association and the Shelburne Re-enactment Association, the Marina and Performing Arts Space was opened in the summer of 2003.
Because we manage branch museums for the Nova Scotia Museum, the Society and their employees have access to all the support staff of the Nova Scotia Museum. These support staff include professional marketing and public relations personnel. As well, the Society is a member of the Association of Nova Scotia Museums (formerly Federation of Nova Scotia Heritage) which has a funded programme to assist member museums address their fund-raising challenges and provide workshops to that end.
We have drafted a Five Year Strategic Plan. We see ourselves as one of the economic drivers of the community, not just by attracting tourists, but most importantly, by manifesting the pride in the community’s heritage and natural assets which will attract people to come, stay and create jobs for the young people of Shelburne.
In its first thirty-five years, it has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments. Its members, such as Marion Robertson, Mary Archibald and others published works, particularly on the early Loyalist period, which are reference works today.
Along with the Province, it facilitated the creation of the Ross-Thomson House and the J. C. Williams Dory Shop Museums and created the Shelburne County Museum to which a new extension to provide more ground-floor display space and more user-friendly research facilities has been added in the past couple of years.
The Nairn and Coyle Houses were transferred by the Province to the Society in 2001. It was also instrumental in the founding of Tottie’s Crafts, a self-administered group of volunteers, the sale of whose work, along with other products, has enabled it to contribute some $200,000 to waterfront projects during the last twenty years.
Much of the tourist traffic that boosts Shelburne’s economy during the summer is attracted here by the results of these efforts.
In 1986, the Cox’s store was passed to the Society. In 1994, this building was modified for the The Scarlet Letter movie. In 1999, a new period of development began with the refurbishment of a third of Cox’s Store. In 2000, mandate was given to the Society by the Town of Shelburne to develop Cox’s Shipyard located at the south end of Dock Street. The first phase of this development was completed in 2001 (the Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre) and through our work, in collaboration with the Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club, the Osprey Arts Centre Association and the Shelburne Re-enactment Association, the Marina and Performing Arts Space was opened in the summer of 2003.
Because we manage branch museums for the Nova Scotia Museum, the Society and their employees have access to all the support staff of the Nova Scotia Museum. These support staff include professional marketing and public relations personnel. As well, the Society is a member of the Association of Nova Scotia Museums (formerly Federation of Nova Scotia Heritage) which has a funded programme to assist member museums address their fund-raising challenges and provide workshops to that end.
We have drafted a Five Year Strategic Plan. We see ourselves as one of the economic drivers of the community, not just by attracting tourists, but most importantly, by manifesting the pride in the community’s heritage and natural assets which will attract people to come, stay and create jobs for the young people of Shelburne.